Bed.



A. W. 6L S. W. SMITH.

BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1911.

1,059,497. Patented Apr, 22, 1913.

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BED.

` APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1911. `1 ,O59,497`,` Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

STATES :PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT w. SMITH, or OAKLAND, AND `STERLING w. SMITH, on BERKELEY,

cALIFoBNIA.

BED..

'Specification ot Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.` 22,1913.

.application nieu May 9,1911. serial: No. $25,938.`

To all whom it mayconcem.'

Be it known that wefALBERT W. SMITH, of` Oakland, Alameda.v county,California, and SIERLING W. SMITH, of Berkeley, Alalmeda county,California, both citizens of the United States, have invented new andusefull counterbalancing;cushion; to Aprovide a de-` vice to permit thedoor or'panel upon which the bedis mounted to be vertically adjusted and`which partly carries the load of the structure; and to provide improvedhead and foot structures for foldable beds.

Among other objects of the invention it is` intended -to provide aisupporting and counterbalancing structure for beds which is substantial,very simply andeasily operated. The` invention consists of the parts`and the construction andz'combination of parts,

as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference tothe' accompanyin drawingsn whichigure 1 is a side elevation of the bedin lowered position. Fig.` 2 is a side elevation of the bed m verticallyadjusted position.

' Fig. 3 is a plan view of the'structure. Fig.`

4 is an end view of the head of the bed.

Inthe illustrated embodiment `of. our in- 40 vention 2 represents a door`or panel of the 4 closet in a wall or partition; the oor being`doorwlich may be suitably 4supported for movement with relation to an oening` or such,fo`r instance, as an article of furniture,

here represented as a bed 5, may be adjustably supported upon themovable panel` 2, and whic mechanism is designed to assist inaccomplishing the movement or adjustment of the article or bed 5 withthe greatest `ease compatible with safety and durability. To this endthere `isattached to the door by appropriate means, as screws 6 or otherfasteningdevices, a pair of brackets or stationary `supports 7,projecting transversely from a `face of the panel 2 and having pivots 8elevated sufficiently above the plane of the floor to allow a bed,represented at 5, to

swingfroni rthe horizontal positioninto the vertical osition; theclearance below the pivots 8 y which the bed is supported upon thebrackets 7 being suilicient to permit the head portion 10 of the bed toswing below` the pivots.

A lar e portion 4of the weight of the door or pane 2 `and the bed 5 issupported by swivel casters 11 `whichlare mounted in the brackets 7 andwhich may be adjusted verti` cally by means of screws 12 fastened inthe.`

brackets; the purpose of the adjustmentsbe ing to `compensate forunevenness in the plane above which the door 2 may move and for othercauses tending to throw the door out of alinement.

YThe bed 5 may be constructed of any suitable material and maybe ofsuitable length and width.

To facilitate the operation and lowering` of the bed about its pivot 8,there is connected to the end of the bed adjacent to the head,telescopic links comprising external cylinders 13 and cylinders 14slidable in the exert adownward pressure upon the heady portion of thebedbetween the pivots 8 and the door 2; the result of which pressure isto 4tend to lift the bed from thehorizontal position shown inFig. 1 tothe vertical osition shown in` Fig. 2. Preferably thel orce of the sprinis `not suiiicient to automatically swing t e bed upwardlyand it isnecessary for a person to apply `some power to the bed 5 has beenturnedinto the vertical.

v-assistthe lifting action of the springs when' the bed'is to be liftedto the vertical position.

During the upturningfaction o-fthev bed the link sections 14 slideoutwardly from the 'eX- ternal portions 13 which` are connected bypivots-17` in brackets 18 tothe door 2.` When position` thel pressure ofthe expansible springs 16 in the telescopic links is sufficient tosustain the bed in its adjusted' position.

When the bed is to .be turned to the hori-v zontal position the lpowerofA the `operator applied to. the portion` above the pivots 8 is`suiicient to easily pull the bed down to the' horizontalposition.r Asthe bed is swungk downwardly a compression of-air occurs in the interiorof the link sectionsn13 and `14 whichV performs the function of acting'as a check Vto prevent Athe-bed from dropping violentlyto the oor. Thisis a very important` feature in that it acts as a safety device torevent a person from being injuredby t e swinging motion ofrthe bedv 5 Yas `it is lowered.

pivots 8. This means in thepresent in:

If desired the bed maybe provided with lan upwardly projecting headboard19 which` is. longitudinally divided and hingedly connected, as at. 20,so that the upper portion 21 of the headfboard may fold against thefront of the panel 2 when the bed 5 is adjusted to the verticalposition.

A spring l22 .connected at one end to the upper edge of thejoldablesection 2l' ofthe bed and connected 1also fto thepanelg2 sus tains thefoldableection 21 in its several positions against too free a movement.:

Another important feature of` the `present invention is in the vmeans.forl supporting kthe outer end of the bed when thelatter is adjusted inthe horizontal position about the stance comprises a -foot-frame^23,provi-ded.

with casters y24: at its lower ends, and brackf ets. At lthecentralportion of the legmemlbers of the foot `there are providedppivots 25upon which arevinounted links26'adaptk ed `to extend in aparallelositionbeneath 'and be connected to the ra' s -vof' the bed by pivots27.l When the bed is folded 4,downfto the horizontal position vthe links26, of whichl i there `is one on'zeach'xside of the bed adjacent to thefoot, lie beneath the rails of the bed. Ther foot-portion 23 whenadjusted at right angles tothe bed rails is braced in position bybracelinks 28 whicharepivoted. to the leg xportions of the foot-frameat 29,and at their opposite ends arepivoted at 30 to the rails of the bed 5.`The an lar relation 1 of 'the bracing 1links 28 andf t e adjustable flifted on the fulcrums' 8 the foot-frame 23" yfulcrum links 26 is fsuchthat when` the bed hasl been adjusted tothe .horizontal position it isimpossible to push the foot-frame inwardly; under the bed, `but as thebed ;.is

the ful'crums 27 and `30 sothat byt 'into parallelism with-and againstthe rails of Vthe bed 5.

. y '70` Therelis one -of the rpneumatic checking I devices on each sideOf-thefhead of the bed and they are .here shown as connected'to4 the bedthrough `the linstrumentality of lateral braces or arms 31 secured tothe sides of; the

bed, though manifestly the pivots 15 which are at v,the'vends of thearms 31 `may be mounted in any uponthe frame ofthe bed 5.

` In operation whenthe panel or 'door2 is kmoved into position, as. idesired, the vupwardly extending bed-lmay be pulled for-` wardly anddownwardly 4about its fulcrums suitable `manner directly 8 and therapidity of its" motionl checked by 1v means kof the pneumatic cushiondevices formed by the telescopic liiik lsections 13 and 14:. Asthe bedis pulled,` downwardly and forwardly the foot-framer23 Vis adjusted sothat b f the time the Vbed `is parallel-with'the `Hoor t e casters 24of` the foot-frame 23: will contact with-the floor and the bracinglinksv28 adjusted'to support the 'foot-fraine 23 againstaccidental'movementas regards the pivots 25.

The dash-'pot or air cushions forli-ledv Iby the link sections 13lareprovided with valves 32 ywhereby airlmay be admitted tothe inl teriorof. the cylinders las the sections 14; move downwardly; but at theinstant Aafreversal of motion of the links 14 occurs and pression of airoccurs, the downward movement of the bed is checked. f

Any suitable form of latching device may bev provided whereby the 'bedmay be tempoposition. A 4simple form :of this restraining devicey isillustrated in lFig.2, which com` prises a spring latch-or` equivalentdevice-33,

which may -be secured either to the foot por-g they move into thesections 13, and l3com;`

r-arilyI restrained in its `vertically adjusted tion of the bed ror tothe supporting panel `i 2, as here indicated. -i The `function of thelatchingdevice is to retain ,the-bed in: its

upper position toi prevent it from acci-f .dentally falling, orfromwswinging too freely about its pivots 8.

I The adjustablevfoot-framel `23 of the bed may be temporarily latchedtothe foot porf tion of the bed frame by a suitableform oi?l resilientlatchingor clamping device, as in-i:

dicated 'at 34. l

Having Athus described our invention what we claim and desire .to securebyl Letters 4slilable on the wall, pivot bearings pro jecting` from the`side vof the door .a .beds structurev pivoted :on the bearings;ybetween its ends, sleeves pivoted at one end to the set our hands inthe preserhxce -of two subdoor, bushings telescopic in the sleeves andscribing witnesses. pivoted to the adjacent end of the bed, and ALBERT4W. SMITH.` counterpoises `compressible in the sleeves and STERLING W.SMITH. 5 bushings `and adapted to sustainthe bed in Witnesses: y 4

a vertical position relative the slidable door. E. I-I. BELLow's,

In testlmony whereof we have hereunto H. B. DENsoN.

